// Copyright 2006 Marcus Schulte
//
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// Copyright 2006 Marcus Schulte
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
package org.bookie.stateful;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Manages a conversation. Can be told to terminate the current conversation.
 * New Conversations will started lazily on the first getCurrentConversation.
 * 
 * @author Marcus Schulte
 */
public interface ConversationManager {
	
	/**
	 * @return
	 */
	Map<String, Object> getCurrentConversation();
	
	void terminateConversation();
	
	void pauseConversation();

}
